An interesting incident happened in my family recently.
A member got married and moved out. She and her husband, somehow, were in such a hurry to decorate their homes. They took away some of the family's furniture that were in storage. Lights. Cords. Posters and paintings.
Seeing how odd it was, I asked the member: don't you want to develop your own taste so that your home will be decorated in the style that you want?
Reply I got: why waste these paintings?
Wow. So this is the mentality that the person had. To say it nicely, it is called a mentality for abundance. Take more. To put it more accurately, it is called greed - unwilling to spend even with a large combined salary, and take things that belong to others without thinking who else may want them. "I want. I want. I want."
Her husband...the way he takes food at dinner, it is as if he is competing for food. Our family never fights for food. Where did his habit come from?
From this incident, and other incidents, I've learned the following:
1. How we do anything, is how we do everything.
2. The people we hang around with (most importantly, our spouse / other half), we grow to become like them.
How do you decorate your home? How do you put together your outfits? And, what is your other half life?
Answering these questions will give you a picture of what you are within.
Oh, and by the way, abundance does not necessarily mean tasteful. It just means lots. Or in a bad case, too much.
